Meaning of bespeak in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• A request for a specific performance; a benefit performance, by a patron.

verb

• To speak about; tell of; relate; discuss.

• To speak for beforehand; engage in advance; make arrangements for; order or reserve in advance.

• To stipulate, solicit, ask for, or request, as in a favour.

  Example: to bespeak a calm hearing;  I bespeak your patience in advance.

• To forbode; foretell.

• To speak to; address.

• To betoken; show; indicate; foretell; suggest; allude to.

  Example: This act bespeaks his kindness.

• To speak up or out; exclaim; speak.